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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: TAB on September 13, 2009, 11:22:16 PM
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Its a aerostar 601p, it was the plane we took too idaho. (info about the plane
http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/aerostar/26.htm)
now the contest, whats unusual about this aircraft?
get it rigth and you will win... something ;D
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The oddest thing I notice right off-hand is the close proximity of the door to the prop.....and the fact that the prop is behind the door...........dangerous in an emergency exit situation.
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Speer?
Is there a connection?
http://www.aerostaraircraft.com/SteveSpeer.html
http://www.speer-bullets.com/about_us/history.aspx
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I know that an Aerostar 601 holds the speed record for a production piston twin engined plane, but the one you were on has a P so it's the pressurized version.
Aerostars have really been passed around over the years.
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The engines are turbo charged not supercharged.
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The engines are turbo charged not supercharged.
turbo charging is a method of supercharging.
peg there is a connection, but thats not it...
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It's piston powered so they use the turbochargers for pressurization, but that isn't all that unusual.
On turbines they quite often use the bleed air off the compressor section of the turbine.
The one you were in was built in 1976, construction number 61P-0321-089 and has 2 Lycoming T10-540 SER engines.
and is registered to the Peterson's out of Gardnerville, NV.
The Air Worthiness Test was performed on 6/11/1976
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Thought this was odd.......? ? ?.....even if this isn't what you were getting at.....very odd aircraft in some areas.
Ted Smith's airplanes always had idiosyncrasies, and the 601P was no exception. The fuel, for example, is in two wing tanks on its side, with the only fuel management to make sure its "on" - as long as you fly with the ball in the middle 100-percent of the time. If the airplane is out of lateral rim even a little the fuel feeds unevenly from the wings and then the crossfeed system must be used to balance the fuel.
On the original airplanes there's only one gauge that measures the total fuel on board, so the only clue to unbalanced fuel is from the pilot (or autopilot) feeling the condition. Crossfeed can be used only in what some might consider level flight, so it is possible to end up with a complicated fuel management chore.
There's a hydraulic pump (to power the landing gear and flaps) on only the right engine, but an optional backup electric pump was available and is installed on virtually all of the airplanes. The nosewheel steering is controlled by a rocker switch on the pedestal, meaning your right hand can either steer or operate the throttles when taxiing. And, the first 601P had "short" wings, with a span of just over 34 feet. The factory extended the wings early in the production run and virtually all of the airplanes built with less span were redone by the factory to the new 36.67 foot wingspan. Maximum cruise on the first 601P was shown in the pilot's operating handbook (POH) as 256 knots at 25,000 feet.
http://www.aerostaraircraft.com/Flying.html
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thats correct, it has a gravity feed system, the wing tanks gravity feed into the main tank. the main tank feeds the motors, no swtich of tanks needed. unless for some reason you have major wieght embalance.
the nose wheel steering is very cool, its a toggle, it litterly turns on a dime.
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As one of the non-insomniacs who was asleep when you posted this, I was going offer up - where does the pilot sit?
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http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N2UB.html
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where does the pilot sit?
It depends.... If the pilot is a man, he sits in the pilot seat. If the pilot is a woman, she sits in the backseat. ;D (Come get some M'ette!)
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a little hint, all you in the miltary should get it.
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The N number? November two Uniform Bravo?
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Your twin props look like they rotate in the same direction, rather than opposing.
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It's the radio equipment / antenna's.
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Door on the "wrong" side ?
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The N number? November two Uniform Bravo?
all planes registered in the US start with n. You never use the N when your IDing yourself.
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all planes registered in the US start with n. You never use the N when your IDing yourself.
I am pretty sure you do, but I have flown privately in 15years. Dad owned 7 different airplanes in under 10years. Mine was a Cessna 150. I wish I took my written, was almost ready to solo and then written and I would have been licensed at 18.
As for the airplane, it is rather strange to have the door on the left, as that is the pilot's seat. At first I though this was a MU2U, but those a bit bigger from what I remember. I had one almost mid air me at a 90' angle while flying over a air-force base here on the FL East coast. I still remember the co-pilot's wide eyes as he looked to see me there and then the "oh sh..." look.
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its just aerostar 2 uniform barvo.
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ok since no one is going to get... you can not get a 3 diget tail number unless the aircraft is miltary or former miltary.
in this case it was a generals plane, his nick name was "uncle ben"
so no can anyone tell me his name?
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"Rice King of the South?"
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I googled it and all I got was the rice guy, and Aunt Jemima.
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Arnold and Virgina Peterson. At least in March of 2008.
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ok since no one is going to get... you can not get a 3 diget tail number unless the aircraft is miltary or former miltary.
in this case it was a generals plane, his nick name was "uncle ben"
so no can anyone tell me his name?
Just a wild-assed guess: Brigadier General Edmund Barber "Ben" Edwards ? ? ? ?
Heck, I give up.